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underpropping

underpropping is the present participle and gerund of underprop.

Meaning of underprop

Verb

underprop (third-person singular simple present underprops, present participle underpropping, simple past and past participle underpropped)

  1. (transitive) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold, prop up.
    • He hath employed all his wit to frame him selfe anew (as impatient of his fortune) and to underprop or uphold himselfe by his inventions.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about underpropping

What is underpropping the present participle and gerund of?
Underpropping is the present participle and gerund of underprop.

Words near underpropping in the dictionary

  1. underproportion
  2. underproportioned
  3. underpropped
  4. underpropper
  5. underproppers
  6. underpropping
  7. underprops
  8. underprosecuted
  9. underprotect
  10. underprotected
  11. underprotecting

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